Klarinet Archive - Posting 001090.txt from 1998/07

From: "Audrey Podmore" <m014kc01@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tape in tone holes
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:23:47 -0400

Reply-to: klarinet@-----.org
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 11:31:31 -0400
From: Stan Elias <elias1@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Tape in tone holes

Please, what does 'fraise' mean? I'm sorry if I have missed an
explanation of this term. I can't find it in the dictionary.

Thanks.
Audrey

>
> 1. Enlarge the tone hole concentrically
> 2. Elongate the tone hole towards the mouthpiece end
> 3. Fraise the entire tone hole (which raise the fundamental
> primarily)
> 4. Enlarge the fraised portion of the tone at the mouthpiece side
> (most adviseable)
> 5. Enlarge the bore section at the tone hole
>
> It is extremely important that in attributing styles of work to
> craftsman that are now dead and cannot speak for themselves that the
> information we pass on is PRIMARY in nature.
>
> I believe some incorrect concepts of the work of Frank Kaspar have
> also been developed due to players examining mouthpieces that have been
> refaced, rebored or transmuted.
>
> How unfortunate that these great craftsman did not put their theories
> or methods in writing.
>
> Clark W Fobes
>
> Clark W Fobes
> Web Page http://www.sneezy.org/clark_fobes
>
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